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FONTANALS PALACIOS, Xavier

Department of Basic Areas

FONTANALS PALACIOS, Xavier

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Professor Ajudant d' Investigació

Basic Areas, DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCIES. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Education

Màster Universitari en Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Biomedicina, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
Graduat en Bioquímica, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA

Professional experience

02/2019–07/2019 Master's Student Researcher
Biophysics Unit of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Spain) Structural study of the human protein “Sodium-dependent lysophosphatidylcholine symporter 1”
(NLS1). Using biochemistry and bioinformatics approaches. Experience in Pichia pastoris culture and membrane protein purification. Use of lab equipment: Aktä purifier, ultracentrifuges, colorimeter and plaque readers.

07/2017–08/2017 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Arap-Pasqualini Laboratory, Comprehensive Cancer Center of The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (United States) Verification of specific receptors in mice vasculature. Work with animal and bacterial cell and phage cultures. Biochemistry technics as Western-blot and ELISA.